Hold someone accountable for excessive compensation

While Jackson residents are struggling to pay their rising property taxes, and services are declining, in the proposed 2013 municipal budget the Jackson Township administration is awarding costly raises and promotions, allowing employees to accrue outlandish amounts of overtime and cashed-in compensatory time.

Three of the township employees are getting $10,000 raises, including the director of the Department of Public Works. Probably one of the most lucrative deals is that of the township engineer, whose base salary is listed at $153,363, not including an additional $24,500 he is receiving for a newly created community development position, for a grand total of $177,863.

Two employees' base pay was boasted by 50 percent in 2012, none of which are listed in the proposed 2013 budget. A recreation leader, who is now getting a promotion and raise of $5,700 this year, and the other, a public works administrative clerk. Between these two employees, Administration has sanctioned a total of 958.70 in overtime hours in 15 months for a grand total of $34,573.92 in O.T.

From Jan. 1, 2012, to April 12, 2013, the "recreation leader" was allowed to accumulate 454.70 hours of overtime at $36.45 per hour, equaling $15,719.28, cashed in comp time of $2,375, and received above-grade pay of $3,377.94 and longevity pay of $3,276.26.

For this same period, the public works administrative clerk generated 504 hours of overtime for $18,854.64 and comp time for $2,380.

One has to question whether these employees actually worked this O.T. or not.

Someone needs to be held accountable, and as a taxpayer I demand to know.

Bonnie Barrington

Jackson

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Hold someone accountable for excessive compensation

While Jackson residents are struggling to pay their rising property taxes, and services are declining, in the proposed 2013 municipal budget the Jackson Township administration is awarding costly

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